After all, I love steak and I love chocolate. But is one better than the other? Is one better than the other for what? There is nothing in the universe like chocolate. Maybe sex.

But chocolate does not take the place of an excellent filet mignon. It’s what you have after an excellent filet mignon. Or after a perfectly grilled hamburger. It depends on what I’m in the mood for.

So for flavors of favorites, let’s see what Marlene has in her stacks of books. This blog hop is organized by my friend Nat at Reading Romances, so the requirement was that all the books be romances.

No problem! There are plenty of flavors of romances. I did sneak one in where the opinion varies. I think of it as having a romantic undertone. Your mileage may vary.

(I want a drumroll in here. Consider it understood)

My favorite time-travel romance, of course, is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. If you are looking for the explanation, read my Lovestruck post.

Science fiction romance has always been a favorite, since the first dragon flew over Pern. But when it comes to authors that I recommend to people now for SFR, Two names come to mind. Well, three really, because two of them write together.

Linnea Sinclair’s Games of Command is still one of my favorite single-title SFR books. Either that or her Accidental Goddess. Everything is there, space travel, other worlds, kick-ass heroine, cyborgs, rebel alliance, evil empire. love story, the works.

If you like space opera sagas with mercantile empires and yummy love stories, you can’t go wrong with Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Universe. Start with either Local Custom or Agent of Change. I started with Local Custom, and it really brought the SFR elements to the fore.

And my sneaker. By now, readers have figured out that I’m a sucker for Sherlock Holmes books. If the current number of Holmes projects is any indication, I’m not the only one. Not only is Robert Downey, Jr. playing the great detective on the big screen (not his best role, I much prefer him as Iron Man), but there are not one, but two 21st century adaptations. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have captured the essentials of Holmes and Watson in the BBC’s Sherlock, and CBS is about to bring out Elementary, with Holmes and Dr. Joan Watson in modern-day Los Angeles.

Laurie R. King re-imagined Sherlock Holmes an entirely different way. In 1915, retired at 54, on the Sussex Downs, keeping bees, bored and suicidal. With Sherlock Holmes, bored and suicidal tended to go hand in hand. Or needle in arm. But in Ms. King’s version, someone tripped over Holmes with her nose in a copy of Virgil. A 15-year-old girl in need of rescuing. A female version of himself, born with the century. Mary Russell becomes his apprentice. She gives him a reason not to be bored. Eventually, very, very eventually, she becomes his wife. The first book, the story of her apprenticeship, is fittingly titled The Beekeeper’s Apprentice.

This giveaway hop is all about Sharing Favorite Books, so this is how I’m going to share my favorite books with you. There’s a Rafflecopter below here. In it there’s a question. The question asks you to share your favorite book.

The lucky winner of the giveaway here at Reading Reality will get to choose from my favorite books. Any one of the books listed above, or any title I’ve given an A, A- or A+ Rating (under $10) since I started blogging. I want to share a book or ebook with you, so this is a US/International giveaway, as long as you can receive from Amazon or Book Depository or Baen Ebooks in the case of the Liaden Universe books)

Don’t forget to visit all the other hoppers! Everyone has lots of cool favorites to share and giveaway.a Rafflecopter giveaway

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My favorite romance is Acheron , I know I am driving everyone crazy with this answer but I just can’t help it . This book moved me like no other.Donna/BLHmistress recently posted..Stacking The Shelves #1

My favourite romance is more of my favourite romance series as I can’t pick just one out of them, it’s the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. They are just amazing and addictive. They have everything you could want in a PNR read.Jet recently posted..Comfort Food By Kitty Thomas

I love Linnea Sinclair’s books, Sharon and Steve Miller’s books and another favorite in the SFR group is Susan Grant’s How to Lose an Extraterrestrial in 10 Days. It is part of a series and is not the first one but I think it is the best. I just requested the latest Mary Russel/Sherlock Holmes book from Amazon. It will be the first on I have read in that series.Jo @ Mixed Book Bag recently posted..Stacking the Shelves, June 24, 2012

I have been planning to read The Beekeepers Apprentice forever. I am glad to see it listed as one of your favorites.
My favorite romance has to be Redeeming Love. It is so much more than love, it is selflessness, forgiveness and the redemptive power of love.FABR Steph recently posted..Review: Wild Goose Chase by Terri Thayer

I absolutely love DIVERSION by Eden Winters…it’s effective as a thriller, a buddy comedy, and a hot m/m romance. Lucky is so unlike most m/m romantic leads (not very handsome, smartalecky, deeply flawed), and yet you root for him and find him sexy as the book goes on.

My favorite romance is The Paper Marriage by Bronwyn Williams because it is the first romance I ever read. I also liked that the love between the 2 main characters was very gradual and was not “insta-love.”

I loved Kresley Cole book Lothaire from her Immortals After Dark series. Wonderful story telling ability. She was able to take a character that’s “evil” and give him a story where you are rooting for him! Great series!!!
Thanks for the contest.donnasing777@yahoo.com

Thank you so much for the great contest. My favorite book right now is a book called Who We Are by TJ Klune. It is the second book to one of my favorite books Bear, Otter and the Kid. I can’t wait to read the next installment!

My favorite romance book is hands down… Shelly Laurenston’s “Beast Behaving Badly” It has one of my favorite characters; Blayne Thorpe. She is unique to shifters in that she is a hybrid, but has such a personality that everyone loves her. And Bo who is her beau is her complete opposite but he does the things she asks him to do because he fell in love with her and didn’t realize it. All of Shelly’s books have characters you can really like, HOT sex and a HEA. that does it for me. This is a book I go back to time and time again to read. I’ve probably read it about 20 times since it first came out. I have all her other books and read them, but I always come back to this one if I want humor, sex and love.

I’m gonna go with Twilight because I love the story and because those books are why I love to read now. Didn’t like reading before, so the books mean a lot to me.
Thank you for the giveaway!Pam recently posted..Promised Land

I would normally say any of the BDB books are my favorites, but there is another romance that I’ve been thinking a lot about. It’s called Olivia and Jai. I read it 20 years ago and I still can’t get it out of my head. It is now out of print so I can’t even reread it.Lauren M. recently posted..KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY

My favorite romance is A Stroke of Midnight by Laurel K Hamilton because it came into my life at a very difficult time, and was a complete distraction. Her world is so well developed, that I was completely immersed.

I love the In Death series of J.D. Robb.
I like Eve Dallas, her character is strong and resilient.
I also liked the character of Roarke, who are very protective of his wife, he is also tough and mysterious.
And most importantly, he’s Irish! xD